Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-18
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,

Hon. Frank Allyn, of Keokuk, Iowa, has
been appointed by President Cleveland as As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of Wash
ington Territory. Mr.. Allyn has been actively
engaged in the practice of law at Keokuk since
1863.
The Senate has confirmed the following
appointments: W. G. Langford, Associate
Justice of Washington Territory; H.. E. Hay
den, Clerk of the District Cour of Alaska; J.
S. Spencer, of New York, Associate Justice of
Dakota; J. F. Norrish, Surveyor General of
Minnesota. Registers of Land Ofices-M. F.
Boutelle, at Fargo, Dakota, and S. J. Delan, at
Glenwood, Col. Receivers of Public Monies
Jordan, at Redwood Falls, Mimi, and D. j.
Prescott, Arizona.
Secretary Manning will ros-. from .ho troas
ury as soon Us Congress adjourns. Tha,o :.
considerable speculation as to who will ..,o
coed him, but the appointment is conceded to
rost between Assistant Secretary Fairchild and
Geo. H. pendleton, of Ohio, present Minister
to Berlin, who is now at home, it is said, in
compliance with the Presidents request
The President has signed the interstate
bill, and it is now a law.
Judge Church's appointment to the Gov
enorship of Dakota was confirmed by the
United States Senate on the 4th.
A bill has been introduced in the Illinois
House to provide for the preservation of
health IN the sale and use of whisky. It pro-
vides that all whisky must be two years and
nine months old before offered for sale.
The legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill reported by the appropriation
committee TO the National House makes q total
appropriation Of $50, 2S6 ~, which is less
than the appropriation for the current year by
s4lS,5h The estimates aggregated s21, 173,-
Goo. 1t is provided that on and after july /.
lSSs, all Of the offices Of surveyor-general
shall be abolished and the records of the
Offices turned over to the commissioner of the
general land Office, who is charged with the
performance of all the duties now performed
by surveyors-general under the direction of
the Secretary of the Interior. The salary of
the assistant treasury at Chicago is increased
from $3.50 to $4,000.
Tho following appointments have been
Aiooo Wy NE fTeSluent: Richard A, Jones. of
Oregon, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court for the Territory of Washington: Frank
Allyn, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court for the Territory of Washington; james
II. Wright, OF Missouri, to be Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court for the Territory of Ari-
iona.
1t ia reported that United States Minister
fendleton has returned from Berlin because
OF the Presidents desire to tender him the
treasury portfolio.
Tho following is the text of the railroad
attorney bill which passed the Senate Oh tho
18th inst: That it shall be unlawful for apy
member of either House Of Congress to accept
employment as an attorney at law or payment
for services Of any kind in opposition to the
United States in any case to which the United
Statcs may be a party, or in which Interests
may be concerned, or from any railroad COM
pany If such member shall have reasonable
cause to believe that the measures specially